10 More Best Horror Movies About Hell
5. 1408
Not all depictions of Hell show it to be a fiery pit full where you get poked with tridents all day long. Sometimes, movies take a more abstract approach to Hades, such as 1408.
Released in 2007, this Stephen King adaptation stars John Cusack as Mike Enslin, an author who has made his living off of the supernatural, though he himself doesn’t believe in it. One day, he gets a postcard challenging him to visit the supposedly haunted Room 1408 in La’s Dolphin Hotel. He accepts, which proves to be his downfall.
It doesn’t take long for Mike to realise that he’s made a massive oopsie. The room torments him relentlessly, showing him pictures of his dead daughter, his dying father, and unleashing all manner of horrible visions to punish him for his cynicism.
Even the least cine-literate person out there could work out that Room 1408 is Hell. Instead of an all-purpose torture space, it uses each individual’s own fears to make them suffer, which is way worse than a lake of fire.
Granted, a lake of fire still isn’t great, but it’s preferable in this scenario.